Posts Tagged ‘Canada’

I’m a cheater. I’ve done it before and, in about a week and a half, I’m about to do it again. And I don’t feel badly about it. I know I should come clean about what happened last year, especially since I’m about to do it again, so here goes, Canada… Canada, I love you. I […]

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We’re nearing the end of June, and you know what that means…graduation. If you’re a high school student, it means that you’re probably finished with your final exams, and if you’re a college student, it means that your convocation is just around the corner; the moment when you finally receive your diploma/degree/piece of paper that […]

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I know that we are bombarded every single day with information about our health and how if we continue to eat red meat, drink large amounts of milk, be out in the sun for more than 7 minutes a day, or even inhale third-hand smoke, we will somehow develop cancer. It seems like, no matter […]

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Okay, so get ready for a fairly lengthy post here. There is a lot of information that someone needs to know before moving to Canada, and since I work at a private college, I am asked questions about studying here in Canada on an almost-daily basis. I understand that the whole process of coming to […]

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For those of you who remember being in college/university or are in school still, did it ever cross your mind at any point to drop out? If we’re going to all be honest here, I’m sure that you have thought of it at one point or another, and maybe some of you are currently thinking […]

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As I mentioned in a previous post, I went to the National Job Fair and Training Expo in Toronto 2 weeks ago to represent my college with 2 of my colleagues. Obviously, there were tons of people looking for jobs, and many others that were looking for study options. Upon speaking to several people throughout […]

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Since I work at a private college where we welcome international students, I thought this posting may contain just a few small items of necessary information. So often, people from around the world come to Canada with certain expectations which may, perhaps, cause some confusion, so I thought it was important to set the record […]

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For the past 10 years or so, we have all been told that the MBA (Master of Business Administration) is the Holy Grail of Master’s programmes. We have been told that if we obtain it, our worlds will change; doors would be open to us that would be shut to others, we would earn higher […]

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It is so easy to take education for granted in this country. We are free to select the college or university of our choice, the programme of our choice, and sometimes, even the class schedule of our choice. When I think of all of the freedom I have in this country, I can’t help but […]

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We so often hear the terms “higher education” or “post-secondary education” while living in North American and Western European societies. Living in the West has allowed us to be fortunate enough to attend a post-secondary educational institute of our choice, enrol in the programmes of our choice, and, sometimes, even in the country of our […]

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